![]() ![]() I will have look into some alternative way of accepting support. I want to continue working on this project, I think I just need to be able do it my own pace, without pressure, what ever that pace happens to be. Obviously this is none of your fault, you have all been amazing, this is pressure I can't help but put on myself. I've accepted all your support over the years as its the only way I have been able justify spending the as much time working on this project as I do. I try my best not to promise anything as not to feel guilt when I can't deliver. I feel a massive obligation to keep working each month as to not let you all down. ![]() ![]() I think it is partly down to the way I accept support through patreon and it's monthly billing cycle. As much as I enjoy working on this project, when I start to struggle I begin to hate it too. So far I've been able to keep working productively but it's finally starting to catch up with me. ![]() Right now it pretty much consumes most of my free time, If I ever take some time for myself to relax I only end up feeling under more pressure catch up. I think I will also reassess how much time I spend working of this project. I think after the update is done I'm going to take a break, at least until the new year. Instead it's been a bit of an unenjoyable grind which then only seems to make it harder to think creatively and productively. I would say I've been struggling for motivation but motivation is not the right word, I've really wanted to get this update finished but I've been lacking the creative spark or inspiration to make it happen. I hate to make excuses but I feel at least an explanation is needed. I really hoped to have it done by now but It's been a bit of a struggle the past few weeks. It's a lot easier for amateur or independent creators who don't necessarily have deadlines or expected delivery dates to take that kind of break, though.I just want to say sorry the current update is taking so long. You might only need to break for a day or two, or maybe a week, or it might actually take weeks or months of rest to get your passion and inspiration back, but forcing yourself to try and work though it usually only makes it worse (though some writers do have tricks for forcing themselves through a writer's block, it's not always the best idea, and it will almost always just make burnout worse). So in the end it doesn't really matter too much whether you're burned out or suffering from writer's block, because the solution to both is pretty much the same thing (ie, go do something else for a while - go read a book, go bowling, hang out with friends, etc). The cure for both is often just to step away from whatever you're working on - a break can help recharge your creative batteries, distract you from problems, and potentially give new perspectives, new ideas, and new inspiration. At best you lack motivation, at worst you'll start to actively hate your entire project and stop wanting to work on it at all. But burnout is when you're just overtired, overstressed, or otherwise left feeling creatively drained, to the point where you feel like you can't work on anything. Click to expand.Speaking from the perspective of a writer (amateur at best, but still), I'd say the difference is that writer's block is when you get stuck on how you want a story to proceed or what comes next in your narrative, but are still able to work on other creative projects (ie, this is why some writers will go work on a second story in the hopes that it shakes them out of their block on the first story, by distracting themselves from the problem and potentially spurring new ideas). ![]()
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